Becker's Healthcare January 17, 2023
Hospital and union labor disputes have intensified in recent months as workers call on hospitals to improve staffing levels and provide competitive pay and other benefits.
Take the recent strike by about 7,000 New York City nurses, for example.
Members of the New York State Nurses Association went on strike for three days in January at two New York City hospitals: Mount Sinai Medical Center on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.
Staffing was a key issue raised by the union during the strike and was part of the tentative deals, which had not been finalized as of early Jan. 17.
At Mount Sinai, the tentative contract includes “wall-to-wall safe...
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